# Parson’s Chicken & Fish: Agent-Direct Score B (72.3%) Site: https://www.parsonschickenandfish.com/ Report: https://directindex.org/r/parsonschickenandfish.com Scanned: 2026-10-14 (Provisional: the action test and the assistant citation check still to come; the hatched part of the bar is not measured yet.) Parson’s Chicken & Fish is mostly ready for agents. ## Direct links - Order directly: https://order.toasttab.com/online/parsons-chicken-and-fish-logan-square (through toast acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.parsonschickenandfish.com/s/07-20-2026-Parsons-LS.pdf - Phone: +1-773-661-6016 ## What to fix first - **Structured data is incomplete.** (+7 points) Missing: address, telephone, opening hours. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant - **Booking through an unrecognised third party.** (+5 points) Check that the provider keeps you as the merchant of record. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/book-direct-on-your-own-website - **Menu or price list is a PDF.** (+3 points) Most agents skip PDFs or read them badly. Publish it as HTML, keep the PDF as a download. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai - **No llms.txt.** (no points, still worth doing) Optional today, cheap to add: a short text file describing the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business ## Fix kit: What to paste Structured data (JSON-LD). One block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom-code slot. Replace anything that is wrong. ```html ``` llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site. ``` # Parson’s Chicken & Fish > bar or pub in North Halsted Street 2439 60614 Chicago, Chicago cafes and bars. Phone +1-773-661-6016. ## Book or order directly - Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/parsons-chicken-and-fish-logan-square (through toast acting for the business) - Menu: https://www.parsonschickenandfish.com/s/07-20-2026-Parsons-LS.pdf ## About - Website: https://www.parsonschickenandfish.com/ - This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models. ``` ## Already right - **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the key AI user agents. - **AI crawlers get the page.** GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot all received a normal response. - **Structured data present (LocalBusiness).** but without address, phone or hours - **Ordering through toast on your own domain.** No marketplace commission, and the guest stays yours. - **Toast lets agents act only through its partners.** Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/. An assistant that is not a partner cannot finish the step there; a direct path on your own domain works for all of them. ## Where it stands 212 of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars. Top 26% of the sites scanned in this index. | What the top tenth of the index does | Top 10% | This site | |---|---|---| | Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes | | Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 96% | no | | Let AI crawlers in (no edge block, no robots.txt block) | 98% | yes | | Structured data with address, phone and hours | 34% | no | | Have an llms.txt | 21% | no | Nearest places in the index: Bourgeois Pig Cafe (C, 117 m, https://directindex.org/r/bpigcafe.com); Lincoln Hall (C, 134 m, https://directindex.org/r/lh-st.com); The Bagelers Coffeehouse (F, 164 m, https://directindex.org/r/thebagelers.com); The Red Lion Pub (B, 165 m, https://directindex.org/r/redlionchicago.com); Printer’s Row Coffee (C, 232 m, https://directindex.org/r/printersrowcoffeeco.com); Kingston Mines (C, 237 m, https://directindex.org/r/kingstonmines.com); Burwood Tap (D, 308 m, https://directindex.org/r/burwoodtap.com); Kelsey's (B, 442 m, https://directindex.org/r/kelseysbar.com); The Dime (F, 450 m, https://directindex.org/r/thedimechi.com); Glasscott's (D, 550 m, https://directindex.org/r/glascotts.com). ## What assistants answer Not asked yet. Assistants are asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about every claimed business the moment it is claimed; claim this page to be included. Against its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 65% (47% A or B, 7027 sites); Sites using Toast 74% (62% A or B, 1823 sites); This site 72.3%. See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/parsonschickenandfish.com/agent-view ## Businesses like Parson’s Chicken & Fish in Chicago cafes and bars | Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site | |---|---|---|---|---| | Same kind in Chicago cafes and bars | 806 | 47% | 28% | 72.3% | | Built with Squarespace in Chicago cafes and bars | 153 | 67% | 42% | 72.3% | | Using Toast in Chicago cafes and bars | 88 | 73% | 57% | 72.3% | | Built with Squarespace and using Toast in Chicago cafes and bars | 28 | 75% | 64% | 72.3% | The best of Built with Squarespace and using Toast in Chicago cafes and bars: Pilot Project Brewing (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/pilotprojectbrewing.com); Randolph Tavern (A 93.8%, https://directindex.org/r/randolphtavern.com); Consignment Lounge (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/consignmentlounge.com); Dorothy (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/dorothydownstairs.com); Khepri Cafe (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/kheprikitchen.com). With the three fixes above (Structured data is incomplete; Booking through an unrecognised third party; Menu or price list is a PDF) the score would be about 95.4%: 5th of 806 in Chicago cafes and bars, up from 212th. ## The direct record What agents get for Parson’s Chicken & Fish, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/parsonschickenandfish.com - Book: none on record - Order: https://order.toasttab.com/online/parsons-chicken-and-fish-logan-square (vendor on own site: Toast; found by the scan of 2026-10-14, not yet tested) - Menu: https://www.parsonschickenandfish.com/s/07-20-2026-Parsons-LS.pdf (pdf; from the scan) - Hours: none on record - Phone: +1-773-661-6016 - Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/parsonschickenandfish.com/order, https://directindex.org/go/parsonschickenandfish.com/menu ## Can an agent transact? Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0). - UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): not measured - ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): not measured - MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no - Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): not measured - Vendor terms for agents, Toast: Partners only. Toast's guest terms could not be read on 2026-10-15 (bot challenge); since August 2026 Google's Ask Maps completes orders at Toast restaurants through Toast Local under the UCP for Food standard. Read 2026-10-15: https://www.digitaltransactions.net/square-toast-jump-into-ai-boosted-google-maps/ Not measured at this scan; the next scan measures it. ## Score breakdown | Component | Points | Available | |---|---|---| | Reachable | 25 | 25 | | Readable | 12 | 25 | | Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) | | Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) | ## Agent readiness (Cloudflare) Level 1 of 5, Basic Web Presence. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/parsonschickenandfish.com - Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md) - sitemap.xml: yes - AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes - Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md) - Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md) - llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md) - API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md) - MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md) - A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md) - Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md) - OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md) - OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md) - auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md) - Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md) - ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md) - DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md) - WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md) - JSON-LD for the business: yes Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/parsonschickenandfish.com/deep. Ten questions the way people ask, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF: 19 EUR, one-off. Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=parsonschickenandfish.com&force=1